In addition to the claim that the generation who saw the events of 1914 is still alive, the Watchtower also says that these people—the "little flock"—understood the significance of the year. But that's not true. At the time, the Witnesses (under a different name) believed that in 1914 the Armageddon would come. They didn't believe, at the time, that this was when Jesus became God's King in heaven. Hence, they didn't understand the significance of 1914.

@ saename : good point. They believed the then anointed generation would not have to overlap, would be all raptured in 1914. WT could not admit, even to themselves, that the world had not ended in 1914, so they made it invisible, hence their 1918- 1922 talks: "The world has ended, millions now living will never die".

as Carl Sagan observed," the world had ended, but nobody noticed it--"

586? 607? ancient stuff, but the wt blunder are blatant and before us in their literature, "-- Proclaimers..." book

All you need to know is that 1914 must have been right. World War One started that year. That's all you need to know. Any prior dates were just people running ahead of Jehovah's chariot and any perceived thoughts about 1914 that didn't happen were the fault of followers, not leaders.

If 1914 was right, certainly the math (we don't need to know) must have been right or else they never would have (missed a few times and then) gotten it right.